This site is for announcements for The International Conference on Foundations of Computer Science (FCS) at The World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing (WORLDCOMP). See http://www.world-academy-of-science.org for the WORLDCOMP Web site.

You are invited
to submit a paper for consideration. All accepted papers will be published in
printed conference books/proceedings (ISBN) and will also be made available
online. The proceedings will be indexed in science citation databases that
track citation frequency/data for each paper. In addition, like prior years,
extended versions of selected papers (about 35%) will appear in journals and
edited research books (publishers include:

Springer,
Elsevier, BMC, and others). See the following links for a small subset of the
publications based on the Congress: (some of these books and special issues
have already received the top 25% downloads in their respective fields - we
also have a number of Elsevier and Springer books in the pipeline based on the
last offering of the congress):

The Congress is
composed of a number of tracks (joint-conferences, tutorials, sessions,
workshops, poster and panel discussions); all will be held simultaneously, same
location and dates: July 21-24, 2014. For the complete list of joint
conferences, see below.

IMPORTANT DATES:

January 21,
2014: Workshop / Session Proposals

March 15,
2014: Submission of full papers (about
7 pages)

April 15,
2014: Notification of acceptance (+/-
two days)

May 3,
2014: Final papers + Copyright +
Registration

July 21-24,
2014: The 2014 World Congress in
Computer Science, Computer

Engineering, and Applied
Computing

(including all affiliated
conferences).

SUBMISSION OF
REGULAR PAPERS:

Prospective
authors are invited to submit their papers by uploading them to the evaluation
web site at: http://world-comp.org . Submissions must be uploaded by March 15,
2014 and must be in either MS doc or pdf formats (about 7 pages including all
figures, tables, and references - single space, font size of 10 to 12). All
reasonable typesetting formats are acceptable (later, the authors of accepted
papers will be asked to follow a particular typesetting format to prepare their
final papers for publication.) Papers must not have been previously published
or currently submitted for publication elsewhere. The first page of the paper
should include: title of the paper,
name, affiliation, postal address, and email address for each author. The first
page should also identify the name of the Contact Author and a maximum of 5
topical keywords that would best represent the content of the paper. The name
of the conference that the paper is being submitted for consideration must also
be stated on the first page of the paper as well as a 100 to 150-word abstract.
The length of the final/Camera-Ready papers (if accepted) will be limited to 7
(two-column IEEE style) pages.

Each paper will
be peer-reviewed by two experts in the field for originality, significance,
clarity, impact, and soundness. In cases of contradictory recommendations, a
member of the conference program committee would be charged to make the final
decision (accept/reject); often, this would involve seeking help from
additional referees. Papers whose authors include a member of the conference
program committee will be evaluated using the double-blinded review process.
(Essay/philosophical papers will not be refereed but may be considered for
discussion/panels).

The proceedings
will be published in printed conference books (ISBN) and will also be made
available online. The printed proceedings/books will be available for
distribution on site at the conference. The proceedings will be indexed in
science citation databases that track citation frequency/data for each
published paper. Science citation databases include: Inspec / IET / The
Institute for Engineering & Technology; The French National Center for
Scientific Research, CNRS, INIST databases, PASCAL (accessable from INIST,
Datastar, Dialog, EBSCO, OVID, Questel.Orbit, Qwam, & STN International);
and others. The proceedings/books of this congress have been evaluated for
inclusion into major science citation index databases. We are happy to report
that so far, the evaluation board of science citation index databases have
approved the indexing, integrating, and inclusion of the following conference
tracks into relevant indexing databases (indexing databases include, among
others: Scopus, www.info.scopus.com; SCI Compendex, Engineering Village, www.ei.org; EMBASE, www.info.embase.com; and others): BIOCOMP, DMIN, ERSA, GCA,
ICAI, ICOMP, ICWN, IKE, IPCV, PDPTA, and SAM; please see above for the full
name of each of these conferences.

In addition to
the above, we have arranged two new book series (multiple books in each
series); one with Elsevier publishers (Emerging Trends in Computer Science and
Applied Computing) and another with Springer publishers (Transactions of
Computational Science and Computational Intelligence).

After the
conference (the whole process takes 12 months), a significant number of authors
of accepted papers of our congress, will be given the opportunity to submit the
extended version of their papers for publication consideration in these books.
We anticipate having between 10 to 20 books a year in each of these book series
projects. Each book in each series will be subject to Elsevier and Springer
science indexing products (which includes:

Scopus, www.info.scopus.com; SCI Compendex, Engineering Village, www.ei.org; EMBASE, www.info.embase.com; and others). For a recent and a very small
subset of the books that have been published based on the extended versions of
accepted papers for this congress, see:

Poster papers
can be 2 pages long. Authors are to follow the same instructions that appear
above (see, SUBMISSION OF REGULAR PAPERS) except for the submission is limited
to 2 pages. On the first page, the author should state that "This paper is
being submitted as a poster". Poster papers (if accepted) will be
published if and only the author of the accepted paper wishes to do so.

PROPOSAL FOR
ORGANIZING WORKSHOPS/SESSIONS:

Each conference
(see below for the list) is composed of a number of tracks.

A track can be a
session, a workshop, or a symposium. A session will have at least 6 papers; a
workshop at least 12 papers; and a symposium at least 18 papers. Track chairs
will be responsible for all aspects of their tracks, including: soliciting papers, reviewing, selecting, ...
The names of track chairs will appear as Associate Editors in the conference
proceedings and on the cover of the printed books (and indexed in science
databases as such).

Proposals to
organize tracks (sessions, workshops, or symposiums) should include the
following information: name and address (+ email) of proposer, his/her
biography, title of track, a 100-word description of the topic of the track,
the name of the conference the track is submitted for consideration (ie,
BIOCOMP, CSC, ...), and a short description on how the track will be advertised
(in most cases, track proposers solicit papers from colleagues and researchers
whose work is known to the track proposer).

E-mail your
track proposal to editor@world-comp.org . We would like to receive the track
proposals as soon as possible but by no later than January 21, 2014.

LIST OF
CONFERENCES (alphabetical order based on conference acronym)

o BIOCOMP'14:

The 15th International Conference on
Bioinformatics & Computational

Biology

o CSC'14:

The 12th International Conference on
Scientific Computing

o DMIN'14:

The 10th International Conference on Data
Mining

o EEE'14:

The 13th International Conference on
e-Learning, e-Business, Enterprise

Information Systems, and e-Government

o ERSA'14:

The 14th International Conference on
Engineering of Reconfigurable

Systems and Algorithms

o ESA'14:

The 12th International Conference on Embedded
Systems and Applications

o FCS'14:

The 10th International Conference on
Foundations of Computer Science

o FECS'14:

The 10th International Conference on
Frontiers in Education: Computer

Science and Computer Engineering

o GCA'14:

The 10th International Conference on Grid
& Cloud Computing and

Applications

o GEM'14:

The 11th International Conference on Genetic
& Evolutionary Methods

o ICAI'14:

The 16th International Conference on
Artificial Intelligence

o ICOMP'14:

The 15th International Conference on Internet
Computing and Big Data

o ICWN'14:

The 13th International Conference on Wireless
Networks

o IKE'14:

The 13th International Conference on
Information & Knowledge Engineering

o IPCV'14:

The 18th International Conference on Image
Processing, Computer Vision,

& Pattern Recognition

o MSV'14:

The 11th International Conference on
Modeling, Simulation and

Visualization Methods

o PDPTA'14:

The 20th International Conference on Parallel
and Distributed Processing

Techniques and Applications

o SAM'14:

The 13th International Conference on Security
and Management

o SERP'14:

The 12th International Conference on Software
Engineering Research and

Practice

o SWWS'14:

The 12th International Conference on Semantic
Web and Web Services

July 21-24,
2014, Monte Carlo Resort, Las Vegas, USA.

All conferences
listed above will be held simultaneously; ie, same location and dates.

CO-SPONSORS:

Currently being
prepared - The Academic Sponsors of the last offerings of the congress included
research labs and centers affiliated with (each sponsored all or at least one
track of the congress):

The 2014 Program
Committee for individual conferences are currently being compiled. Many who
have already joined the committees are renowned leaders, scholars, researchers,
scientists and practitioners of the highest ranks; many are directors of
research labs., fellows of various societies, heads/ chairs of departments,
program directors of research funding agencies, as well as deans and provosts.

Program
Committee members are expected to have established a strong and documented
research track record. Those interested in joining the Program Committee should
email editor@world-comp.org the following information for consideration:
Name, affiliation and position, complete mailing address, email address, a
one-page biography that includes research expertise & the name of the
conference(s) offering to help with.

GENERAL
INFORMATION:

The Congress
will be composed of research presentations, keynote lectures, invited
presentations, tutorials, panel discussions, and poster presentations. In
recent past, keynote/tutorial/panel speakers have included:

The Congress is
among the top five largest annual gathering of researchers in computer science,
computer engineering and applied computing. We anticipate to have attendees
from about 85 countries/territories. To get a feeling about the conferences' atmosphere,
see some delegates photos available at:

An important
mission of The Congress is "Providing a unique platform for a diverse
community of constituents composed of scholars, researchers, developers,
educators, and practitioners. The Congress makes concerted effort to reach out
to participants affiliated with diverse entities (such as: universities,
institutions, corporations, government agencies, and research centers/labs)
from all over the world. The congress also attempts to connect participants
from institutions that have teaching as their main mission with those who are
affiliated with institutions that have research as their main mission. The
congress uses a quota system to achieve its institution and geography diversity
objectives."

One main goal of
the congress is to assemble a spectrum of affiliated research conferences,
workshops, and symposiums into a coordinated research meeting held in a common
place at a common time. This model facilitates communication among researchers
in different fields of computer science, computer engineering, and applied
computing. The Congress also encourages multi-disciplinary and
inter-disciplinary research initiatives; ie, facilitating increased
opportunities for cross-fertilization across sub-disciplines.

MEASURABLE
SCIENTIFIC IMPACT OF CONGRESS:

As of December
14, 2013, papers published in the conference proceedings that have been held as
part of this congress, have received over 27,500 citations (includes about
3,300 self-citations). Citation data obtained from http://academic.research.microsoft.com/. The citation data does not even include
more than 15,000 other citations to papers in conferences whose first offerings
were initiated by worldcomp.

This is an
invitation to attend The 2013 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer
Engineering, and Applied Computing. The congress is composed of 22 main tracks
(14 tutorials, 145 sessions and workshops, and 22 keynotes/invited
lectures/panel discussions, ...); all will be held simultaneously, same
location and dates: July 22-25, 2013.

Attendees will
have full access to all conferences' sessions, tracks, and tutorials.
Registration is required to attend. As of now, 59% of registrants are from
academia, 22% from industry; 14% from government and funding agencies; and 5%
unknown. About half of the attendees are from outside USA; from 85 different
countries. Speakers are affiliated with 287 academic institutions, 118
corporations, and 48 government agencies.

You are invited to submit a full paper for consideration.
All accepted papers will be published in printed conference books/proceedings
(ISBN) and will also be made available online. The proceedings will be indexed
in science citation databases that track citation frequency/data for each
paper. Like prior years, extended versions of selected papers (about 35%) will
appear in journals and edited research books (publishers

include: Springer, Elsevier, BMC, and others). See the
following links for a small subset of the publications based on this Congress:

In addition to the above, we have arranged two new book
series; one with Elsevier publishers (Transactions on Computer Science and
Applied Computing) and another with Springer publishers (Transactions of
Computational Science and Computational Intelligence). After the conference, a
significant number of authors of accepted papers of our congress, will be given
the opportunity to submit the extended version of their papers for publication
consideration in these books. The web sites for the two book series will be
made available after the logistics are finalized between our committee and the publishers
(both book series projects have been approved.) We anticipate having between

10 to 20 books a year in each of these book series
projects. Each book in each series will be subject to Elsevier and Springer
science indexing products (which includes: Scopus, Ei village, SCI, ...).

The Congress is composed of a number of tracks
(joint-conferences, tutorials, sessions, workshops, poster and panel
discussions); all will be held simultaneously, same location and dates: July
22-25, 2013. For the complete list of joint conferences, see below.

IMPORTANT DATES:

April 20, 2013:Submission of full/regular papers (about 7 pages)

May 11, 2013:Notification of acceptance (+/- two days)*

May 25, 2013:Final papers + Copyright + Registration

July 22-25, 2013:The 2013 International Conference on Parallel & Distributed

Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA'13)

*Authors who submitted their papers early, will receive
their papers'

status report (notification) much sooner than May 11,
2013.

CO-SPONSORS:

Currently being prepared - The Academic Sponsors of the
last offering of the congress (2012) included research labs and centers
affiliated with:

Prospective authors are invited to submit their papers by
uploading them to the evaluation web site at:http://world-comp.org . Submissions must be uploaded by April 20, 2013
and must be in either MS doc or pdf formats (about 7 pages including all
figures, tables, and references - single space, font size of 10 to 12). All
reasonable typesetting formats are acceptable (later, the authors of accepted
papers will be asked to follow a particular typesetting format to prepare their
final papers for

publication.) Papers must not have been previously
published or currently submitted for publication elsewhere. The first page of
the paper should

include: title of the paper, name, affiliation, postal
address, and email address for each author. The first page should also identify
the name of the Contact Author and a maximum of 5 topical keywords that would
best represent the content of the paper. The name of the conference that the
paper is being submitted for consideration must also be stated on the first
page of the paper as well as a 100 to 150-word abstract. The length of the
final/Camera-Ready papers (if accepted) will be limited to 7 (two-column IEEE
style) pages.

Each paper will be peer-reviewed by two experts in the
field for originality, significance, clarity, impact, and soundness. In cases
of contradictory recommendations, a member of the conference program committee
would be charged to make the final decision (accept/reject); often, this would
involve seeking help from additional referees. Papers whose authors include a
member of the conference program committee will be evaluated using the
double-blinded review process. (Papers deemed to be philosophical, essay type,
or about controversial topics/applications will not be refereed but may be
considered for discussion/panels/presentation).

The proceedings will be published in printed conference
books (ISBN) and will also be made available online. The proceedings will be
indexed in science citation databases that track citation frequency/data for
each published paper. Science citation databases include: Inspec / IET / The
Institute for Engineering & Technology; The French National Center for
Scientific Research, CNRS, INIST databases, PASCAL (accessable from INIST,
Datastar, Dialog, EBSCO, OVID, Questel.Orbit, Qwam, & STN International);
and others. Though, there is no guarantee that the proceedings will also be
included in SCI EI Compendex/Elsevier indexings; in the past, the proceedings
were included in these databases. Therefore, we will also be sending the proceedings
for indexing procedures to SCI EI Compendex/ Elsevier. The printed
proceedings/books will be available for distribution on site at the conference.

In addition to the above, we have arranged two new book
series; one with Elsevier publishers (Transactions on Computer Science and
Applied Computing) and another with Springer publishers (Transactions of
Computational Science and Computational Intelligence). After the conference, a
significant number of authors of accepted papers of our congress, will be given
the opportunity to submit the extended version of their papers for publication
consideration in these books. We anticipate having between 10 to 20 books a
year in each of these book series projects. Each book in each series will be
subject to Elsevier and Springer science indexing products (which includes:
Scopus, Ei village, SCI, ...).

SUBMISSION OF POSTER PAPERS:

Poster papers can be 2 pages long. Authors are to follow
the same instructions that appear above (see, SUBMISSION OF REGULAR PAPERS) except
for the submission is limited to 2 pages. On the first page, the author should
state that "This paper is being submitted as a poster". Poster papers
(if accepted) will be published if and only the author of the accepted paper
wishes to do so.

An important mission of The Congress is "Providing a
unique platform for a diverse community of constituents composed of scholars,
researchers, developers, educators, and practitioners. The Congress makes
concerted effort to reach out to participants affiliated with diverse entities
(such as: universities, institutions, corporations, government agencies, and
research centers/labs) from all over the world. The congress also attempts to
connect participants from institutions that have teaching as their main mission
with those who are affiliated with institutions that have research as their
main mission. The congress uses a quota system to achieve its institution and
geography diversity objectives."

One main goal of the congress is to assemble a spectrum
of affiliated research conferences, workshops, and symposiums into a
coordinated research meeting held in a common place at a common time. This
model facilitates communication among researchers in different fields of
computer science, computer engineering, and applied computing. The Congress
also encourages multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary research initiatives;
ie, facilitating increased opportunities for cross-fertilization across
sub-disciplines.

MEASURABLE SCIENTIFIC IMPACT OF CONGRESS:

As of March 14, 2013, papers published in the conference
proceedings that are currently being held as part of WORLDCOMP, have received
27,591 citations (includes 3,342 self-citations). Citation data obtained from
http://academic.research.microsoft.com/ .